diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/HTTP.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/HTTP.js
index 2b86c0c77e..ad4336ffa0 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/HTTP.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/HTTP.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Protocol, {
      * Optional method to translate an <OpenLayers.Filter> object into an object
      *     that can be serialized as request query string provided.  If a custom
      *     method is not provided, the filter will be serialized using the 
-     *     <OpenLayers.Protocol.simpleFilterSerializer> method.
+     *     <OpenLayers.Format.QueryStringFilter> class.
      *
      * Parameters:
      * filter - {<OpenLayers.Filter>} filter to convert.